Historical region

The historic landscape (similar: history landscape ) is a history of scientific research concept of the 20th century in the historical geography ( historical geography ). The country's history as one of the landscape here understood settlement history considered this a most natural spatially defined region in their temporal development through the centuries. Regardless of the changing of control and economic structures ( and more or less minor changes to the boundaries ) is primarily in the consciousness of the inhabitants a sense of identity- historically grown togetherness.

Differentiation from the geographical concept of landscape

Also the geographical landscape concept is relatively new and not clearly defined. Both in the literature and in textbooks, the term is used in different meanings landscape. Compared to the scientific concept of landscape geography, emphasizing the spatial aspect, the humanities concept of landscape of the historical sciences considered mainly the temporal dimension. Exist between the two concepts overlap and landscape transitions, most notably in the concept of cultural landscapes: on the one hand, unthinkable without the natural conditions, in particular the geomorphology and soil conditions. On the other hand, it also takes into account the process-based transformation of the landscape by humans. Compared to the cultural landscape of the historic landscape is above all characterized by the presence of central places, especially in their role as means of domination points. The power structure has a much greater significance than for the cultural landscape or even the geographical landscape of the historic landscape. For the historical region there is a greater need for interdisciplinary research.

Terms

The variety of viewing options leads to the application of the two fundamental terms " countryside " and " space " is spoken of " cultural landscape ", " industrial landscape ", " linguistic landscape ", " city law landscape ", etc., or of " natural area ", " Utility Room ", " linguistic area ", etc. All these concepts are spatially oriented, but not conceivable without historical processes of change. A clear delineation of the diverse landscape concepts at the intersection of geography and history is not possible. Therefore, there is no binding defined terminology.

In the field of historical science can "landscape" also mean the " estates ", a political representative body of the late Middle Ages and early modern times.

Historic landscape using the example of Brandenburg

The Mark Brandenburg can hardly be described as historic landscape as a historical core of the federal state of Brandenburg; this lacks the natural spatial coherence. It makes sense the Altmark, which means cord and Neumark are to be designated as historic landscapes, because of their natural geographic definition of each other by the Elbe and Oder. Not so the case Kurmark whose definition was not natural area, but legally due.

The concept of historical landscape but also small-scale to understand: To apply, for example, within the center mark the Havel country, the Teltow and Barnim as historic landscapes, defined primarily by the Spree and Havel rivers and their tributaries ( Rhin, Nuthe, Notte, Dahme etc. ). This part landscapes of Brandenburg during the Middle Ages at the latest by the influx of German settlers, but are partially in the core already due to Slavic tribal areas.

This recently is the 1815 created province of Brandenburg, but which can not be described as historical landscape because it lacks because of their size, both the (relative ) natural spatial coherence as well as the grand continuity, for both the country Jiiterbog and Lower Lusatia did not count until then to Brandenburg- Prussia. The clean slate of the province of Brandenburg was based more on considerations of an administrative expediency.

The formation of the districts Potsdam, Frankfurt ( Oder) and Cottbus in the area of ​​former middleweight Mark 1952 ( until 1990) was caused by an administrative convenience, but also of conscious departure from the Brandenburg-Prussian past.

Through the Brandenburg district reform in 1993, the old historic landscapes are only partly visible, for example, the Uckermark, the Prignitz (divided into two counties ), but also Teltow and Flaming (country Jiiterbog ), combined into one district. The district of Potsdam- agent Mark despite its name includes only the historical landscape Zauche. The district Barnim only covers the western part of the Barnim. Its eastern portion was combined with the country Lebus to the district Maerkisch -or country. The residents Strausberg's and its environs, now belonging to the district or Mark- Land, threatens to get lost consciousness, historically belonging to the (apparently only neighboring existent ) Barnim. The local government reform acclaimed natural conditions (in the case of the Barnim Löcknitz Stöbber gutter with the Red Luch ) and traditional historical structures only partially; primary objective was the creation of approximately equal-sized administrative units.

Both the Historical gazetteer Brandenburg as well as the Brandenburg names book go out in their Division into partial volumes of ten historic landscapes: Barnim, Beeskow - Storkow, Havel country Jiiterbog - Luckenwalde, Lebus, Prignitz, Ruppin, Teltow, Uckermark and Zauche - Belzig. The band Lower Lusatia was issued separately.

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